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 We
have to say good-bye to the year
2010 soon. It has been a pretty eventful year with so many
good and bad events happening. According to the Met Office영국기상청,
this year was also the hottest year ever.
Although it’s freezing outside these days,
2010 was the hottest year on record globally.
The Met Office recently said that the world as a whole has been 0.52
degrees warmer this year
than the 30 year average (1961 - 1990) of 14 degrees. According to
the U.K. national weather service, this year’s
average global temperature
was equal with 1998, when an El Nino in the Pacific made the world
warmer.
The World Meteorological Organization세계 기상 기구also said the world was
0.55 degrees hotter in 2010, making it the hottest year since records
began in 1850.
 The
figures were released at
the latest United Nations
climate change summit held in Cancun, Mexico. The
data is backed up by the U.S. national weather service and NASA. The
16th summit was held from November 29 to December 10 with leaders from 194 countries
participating. UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon also delivered a speech at the summit about the importance
of international cooperation
in efforts to ward off global warming.
Weather experts from the U.K. weather
agency said that man-made global warming is
the main cause for these internationally high temperatures. Next year
is also expected to be warmer than average because of the high levels
of greenhouse gases.
The fastest warming has been
seen in the Arctic, Africa, and Southern Asia. On the other hand, northern
Europe, North America, and Asia have all had cooler years. According
to Dr. Adam Scaife, head of long-range forecasting at
the Met Office, the last decade has been on average
0.46 degrees hotter. “This year is clearly warmer than last
year,” he said.
However, Dr. Scaife predicts that next year will
be just 0.44 degrees hotter. “Our predictions are usually correct. Our data shows that
the world is warming and could jump up even more if there
is another strong El Nino.
The whole world has to work together to prevent further climate change,”
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